%0 Journal Article %A Yang, Ying-jie %A Zhang, Ning %A Ji, Shi-qi %A Lan, Xin %A Zhang, Kun-di %A Shen, Yu-long %A Li, Fu-li %A Ni, Jin-feng %T Dysgonomonas macrotermitis sp. nov., isolated from the hindgut of a fungus-growing termite %D 2014 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 64 %N Pt_9 %P 2956-2961 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.061739-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile and coccoid- to short-rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain Dys-CH1T, was isolated from the hindgut of a fungus-growing termite Macrotermes barneyi. The optimal pH and cultivation temperature of strain Dys-CH1T were pH 7.2–7.6 and 35–37 °C, respectively. Sequence analysis of 16S rRNA gene showed that Dys-CH1T shared 94.6 % and 90.9 % similarity with Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides JCM 16697T and Dysgonomonas gadei CCUG 42882T, respectively. Strain Dys-CH1T was found to be different from other species of the genus Dysgonomonas with validly published names with respect to taxonomically important traits, including habitat, biochemical tests, DNA G+C content, bile resistance, fatty-acid composition and susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. On the basis of these characteristics, strain Dys-CH1T represents a novel species of the genus Dysgonomonas for which the name Dysgonomonas macrotermitis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Dys-CH1T ( = JCM 19375T = DSM 27370T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.061739-0